"It's a part of me that I want to give back what I receive and I feel that the community gave a lot to me and I want to return it," said Abernoyek.

Abernoyek, a mother of two, grandmother of three, and great-grandmother of three more, has been walking her entire life. She even remembers walking to kindergarten in England over a century ago.

"I walked about six miles every day from 5-years-old and I continued walking," she said.

Abernoyek credited exercise and eating right to her long life, but admitted to having one small vice.

I eat cookies every single day," she said with a laugh.

"She inspires us. She's a very wise woman, she's a very giving woman, and she has the most beautiful smile and I think that smile is what identifies her and everybody responds to her," said Audrey Steinhauer, Abernoyek's daughter.

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